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Genus Diadasia

Diadasia - female Diadasia burrows? - Diadasia #3 - Bees in Bindweed (Near wedge-shaped beetles) - Diadasia Chimney Bee Sip & Go - Diadasia - male Diadasia? - Diadasia Diadasia sp.? - Diadasia - female male Diadasia digger bees  - Diadasia - male Megachile? - Diadasia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Emphorini (Chimney or Turret Bees)
Genus Diadasia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diadasia Patton 1879
Numbers
25 spp. in 3 subgenera in our area, 42 spp. in 3 subgenera total(1)
Range
New World; in our area, confined to the w. half of the US, with only D. diminuta ranging into Canada (map)(1)
Print References
Sipesa & Wolf (2001) --Phylogenetic relationships
Internet References
D. opuntiae fact sheet